Cumberland (UK Parliament constituency)

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Cumberland County constituency
Created:	1290
Abolished:	1832
Type:	House of Commons

Cumberland is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Knights of the Shire. It was divided between the constituencies of Cumberland East and Cumberland West in 1832.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1290)

Year			First member	First party	Second member	Second party
		1659	Sir Wilfrid Lawson		William Briscoe
		1660			Charles Howard
		1661	Sir Patricius Curwen, Bt		Sir George Fletcher, Bt
		1665	Sir John Lowther, Bt
		February 1679			Richard Lamplugh
		August 1679			Viscount Morpeth
		1681			Sir George Fletcher, Bt
		1685			The Viscount Preston
		1689			Sir George Fletcher, Bt
		January 1701	Richard Musgrave		Gilfrid Lawson
		December 1701	Sir Edward Hasell		George Fletcher	Whig
		1702	Richard Musgrave		Gilfrid Lawson
		1705			George Fletcher	Whig
		1708	James Lowther		Gilfrid Lawson
		1722	Sir Christopher Musgrave, Bt
		1727	James Lowther
		1734			Sir Joseph Pennington, Bt
		1745			Sir John Pennington, Bt
		1755	Sir William Lowther
		1756	Sir William Fleming
		1757	Sir James Lowther, Bt
		1761	Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Bt
		1762	Sir James Lowther, Bt
		March 1768			Henry Curwen
		December 1768	Sir Henry Fletcher, Bt
		1774			Sir James Lowther, Bt
		1784			Sir William Lowther, Bt	Tory
		1790			Humphrey Senhouse
		1796			Sir John Lowther
		1806	Viscount Morpeth	Tory
		1820	John Cristian Curwen	Whig
		1829	Sir James Graham, Bt	Whig
		1831			William Blamire	Whig

• Constituency abolished (1832)
• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.

[edit] Elections

[edit] See also

• List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies
• Unreformed House of Commons

[edit] References